Animal bed construction



Dec. 6, 193 2. c, M 055 1,890,163

ANIMAL BED CONSTRUCTION Filed June 26. 1930 IN VEN TOR.

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ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES GHARLES MANN ROSE, F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY ANIMAL BED CONSTRUCTION Application filed June 26,

This invention relates to bed constructions and proposes a construction which is particularly intended for use as an indoor bed for household pets such as dogs and cats.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a bed for dogs and like animals which can be easily kept in a sanitary and clean condition.

Another object is to provide a bed of this type with means for receiving a vaporous disease-preventing or other desirable chemical which is so located that while the animal using the bed cannot obtain access thereto, it is, nevertheless, subject to the fumes or vapors arising from the chemical thereby promoting the health of the animal and consequently furthering the sanitary condition of the bed.

Another object of the invention is to pro 0 vide a simple construction which can be manufactured inexpensively and readily assembled or taken apart.

A further object is to provide a construction of this type with a double bed surface 5 which can readily be applied to the bed, which may, after one side has been used, be easily and quickly reversed to present a fresh bed-surface, and which can at all times be quickly removed and laundered.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the supporting frame or base of the bed.

Figure 2 is aperspective of the bed-surface providing parts.

Figure 3 is a perspective showing one corner of the bed broken away to bring out the relation of the parts.

In carrying out my invention, I provide an open top supporting base or frame 1 which preferably is of rectangular shape. The frame may be composed of any suitable material and fashioned in one piece or in several pieces suitably secured together. The inner walls of the frame 1 are provided with a flange 2 which is located below the upper edge of the frame 1. The flanges 2 and the 0 adjacent upper wall portions of the frame 1 1930. Serial No. 463,906.

form a seat to receive, support and clamp the bed-surface providing parts.

The bed-surface proper is provided from any suitable flexible material preferably an inexpensive washable porous fabric. This material may be in the form of a single sheet but preferably is fashioned in the form of an enveiope as indicated at 3, the envelope being of an extent sufficient to cover the opening of the frame 1. The ends of the envelope are preferably made open and provided with flaps or extensions 4.

In order to secure the envelope 3 to the frame 1, I provide an open reinforcing frame 5 which may be readily inserted into the envelope 3 and which, when inserted, holds the same in a more or less stretched position. The frame 5 fits into the seat provided on the frame 1 and thus functions to hold the envelope across the opening of the frame 1 so that the latter forms a smooth comfortable bed-surface. The upside flaps 4 of the envelope may be turned around and under the adjacent ends of the reinforcing frame 5 so that such flaps will be held or clamped between the frames 1 and 5 when the latter is arranged in'place thereby holding the bedsurface firmly in its initial position and thus preventing it from sagging too much, wrinkling or otherwise become distorted. The so downside flaps a are preferably turned so as to extend into the interior of the envelope 3. It will readily be appreciated that this construction readily permits the envelope to be placed on or removed from the frame 5 while the envelope and frame may, as a unit, be easily and quickly applied to the bed, reversed or removed.

Naturally it is highly desirable to keep a household bed of this type in a very clean and sanitary condition. To do this it becomes necessary to give it a thorough cleaning from'time to time. The simplicity of the construction herein proposed, the separability of its parts and the absence of crevices in which dirt can collect or from which it would be difficult to remove, all are factors which render it comparatively easy to keep the bed in a clean and sanitary condition.

In addition, it may be pointed out that the 1 frequency of cleaning required to keep the bed in a sanitary condition will be greatly decreased if the animal using the bed is kept in a healthy condition. For example, the bed of a dog having an attack of distemper would require thorough cleaning much more frequently than otherwise. Consequently the sanitary condition of the bed will be greatly augmented by subjecting the animal using the bed to vapors which tend to prevent or lessen the likelihood of its contracting a disease. To this end, I provide the inner walls of the frame 1 with one or more holders 6 into which a suitable vaporous chemical may be placed. By placing the chemical underneath the bed surface, the animal is constantly subjected to the beneficial action of the fumes or vapors although the chemical itself is absolutely inaccessible to the animal. The holder 6 may also be utilized to hold deodorants or other chemicals which may be considered desirable or necessary;

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. An animal bed construction of the class described comprising a supporting frame having an open top, a bed surface element removably secured to said frame to provide a bed surface extending across said open top, said element including a bed surface in the form of an envelope and an open frame insertible into said envelope.

2. An animal bed construction of the class described comprising a supporting frame having an open top, a reversible envelope composed of fabric, and providing opposed bed surfaces, an open reinforcing frame insertible into'said envelope to hold both bed surfaces in a somewhat stretched position,

and means for supporting said envelope and reinforcing frame upon the supporting frame so that the envelope extends across the opening of the supporting frame with one of its bed surfaces in operative position.

3. An animal bed construction of the class described comprising a supporting frame having an open top and a seat on its inner walls below said top, and bed surface providing means extending across the frame, I

said means being insertible through said opening for support upon said seat.

4. An animal bed construction of the class described, comprising a supporting frame having an open top and a seat on its side walls below said top, a bed surface fabric extending across said open top and over said seat, and a removable frame member on said seat wherein it cooperates with said supporting frame to clamp said fabric in position. i

In testimony whereof I hereunto afl'ix my signature this 21st day of June, 1930.

CHARLES MANN ROSE. 

